Douglas V. Gibbs

George Zimmerman Trial: Media Incites Nationwide Violence

The media and the liberal left are coming unhinged. In their minds, since they figure they have the power to control everything, this trial against George "Creepy-# Cracker" Zimmerman should have been a slam-dunk.

I Am An American

Last Night, as the sandwich shop employee assembled my foot-long oven roasted masterpiece, and my wife's cold cut combo, I got to talking to the gentleman in line behind me. He made reference, after quipping we are losing our rights and freedoms, that a red star is on California's flag for a reason. I understood the communist reference, chuckled, and then the man said that it could be worse. He's originally from New York, and at least here he's not limited to the size of soda he can buy.

Supreme Court Gay Marriage Ruling: Stigmatization of America

Throughout the United States, gay marriage proponents are celebrating, proclaiming that the Supreme Court's rulings on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California's Proposition 8 has made the legalization of gay marriage the law of the land. They are now aiming at ensuring that gay couples may receive full marriage benefits in each of the 50 States. The problem is, the courts did not rule that gay marriage is constitutional, in the case of the Proposition 8 case. They ruled that the defenders of Proposition 8 had no standing.

Edward Snowden’s Questionable Associations

Edward Snowden is the man who broke open the NSA snooping scandal, revealing to the public that the federal government's use of surveillance is not as limited as claimed. In fact, his testimony, as well as other tidbits that have surfaced, has shown us that not only did Obama lie when he criticized Bush's use of intelligence to tap into communications between foreign sources that could be associated with terrorist groups, and domestic connections, but that now Barack Obama's policies make Bush's look like a day at the fair. Barack Obama's warrantless intrusion into American privacy is George W. Bush on steroids.

Federal Power Grab: Standing Army and Civil Disturbances

In Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, the Congressional appropriation of money for funding the Army is limited to two years. There is no limitations on funding the Navy, and in fact the Congress is instructed in the next clause to "provide and maintain a Navy."

Agenda 21 and Thomas Jefferson

Agenda 21 is a United Nations resolution and treaty that remains unratified by the United States Senate, and therefore is not a treaty we are required by the law of the land to conform to. The members of the liberal left ideology will claim, if they are familiar with it, that Agenda 21 is a mandate, or should be.

Boston Marathon Massacre Crisis Opportunity

People exist. They go about their business, and they worry about their own lives. As Ted Nugent said, in a comparison of people with deer, "All they care about is, What am I going to eat next? Who am I going to screw next? and, Can I run fast enough to get away?"[1]

All Men Are Created Equal, said the slaveowners

According the Declaration of Independence, "All men are created equal." How could the founders say that "All men are created equal" when slavery was so prominent?

Easy Money

The early colonists to America were families not trained in the art of survival. Yet, knowing the dangers, they crossed the ocean and landed on a foreign shore where the landscape was yet to be tamed. Some didn't even survive the arduous journey across the Atlantic. In Jamestown, of the first 500 brave spirits to try their hand in a new land, only 60 survived.

Nullification Against Gun Control

"Shall not be infringed." Those words are an order to the federal government. The central government shall not infringe, in any way, against the fundamental right of keeping and bearing arms. The Second Amendment is clear. For the purpose of having a militia that is in good order so that it may protect the States against tyranny, be it foreign, or domestic, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Sarah Palin’s Defiance

When Sarah Palin was the governor of the State of Alaska, before she was asked to be McCain's running mate, she was among the most popular governors in the country. Her style, and adherence to strict conservative principles, were among the reasons I predicted she would be the Vice Presidential candidate in the 2008 Election.

Classical Centrist

Listeners to my Constitution Radio program on KCAA 1050 AM on Saturdays at 2:00 Pacific often email me to ask questions about things I say on the show. One of the most common questions is my reference to myself as a Classical Centrist.

Obama’s Dr. Ben Carson Problem

The Democrat Party has hoisted Barack Obama up as some kind of liberal, god-like, superhero. Barry has been very happy to fill the britches of such a false god, but as some kind of anti-hero that, armed with his arrogance, can destroy federal budgets with a single bound. To the horror of Republicans, even no-nos like gun control and stomping all over freedom of religion has proven to be areas this president is willing go after. Like every cloud-skipping false-prophet, however, Barry Sotero has his own kind of Kryptonite.

What Our Society Has Become

Today's democrats are often called "socialists" by their opposition, and though that is probably true, what today's progressive liberals truly are is something worse. These people are statists, which are people who believe that only the ruling elite understand how a society should be run, and that it is up to them to engineer that society so that eventually it becomes a peaceful utopia equipped with equality, fairness, and a share-and-share alike attitude. Heaven on Earth, I suppose you could say.

Obama’s Power

President Barack Obama is like no other liberal progressive democrat we've seen before. Before he was inaugurated in 2009 conservatives recognized the danger to this country he posed.

Education and the Constitution

Radio Veteran, Billy Montana, a seasoned radio voice originally from terrestrial radio, invited me to be a guest on his radio program, Talk America USA, and when he asked about my endeavors, I mentioned that I teach a Constitution Class in Temecula, California on Thursday Nights. One of the attendees is a lawyer, and he has stated that I teach more about the Constitution than does law school. In fact, when Constitution Studies begin in law school, the Constitution is never opened. Constitutional Law is based not on the Constitution, but on the opinions of judges regarding the Constitution, a.k.a. case law.

Debt Ceiling and the 14th Amendment

In June of 2012, Nancy Pelosi proclaimed that the 14th Amendment makes the federal Debt Limit unconstitutional. According to the House Democrat Leader, Barack Obama could avoid the whole debt-ceiling showdown with Republicans by simply invoking the "obscure constitutional provision" in the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution. According to Pelosi, the statutory borrowing limit is inconsistent with Section 4 of the 14th Amendment, which states that "the validity of the public debt of the United States ... shall not be questioned." Her suggestion comes a year after Bill Clinton said he'd use the 14th Amendment if he were Obama in a 2011 speech.

The Wrong Side of History, The Right Side of Reality

There is an old saying: "History is written by the winners." That is not always necessarily so. History is often written by the well funded, the most devious, and in today's society, whoever controls media and the education system. History, however, can be discovered if one is willing to look, and for America, our history has always flowed through the United States Constitution.

Let’s Not Give Up On The Constitution

As my nephew reviewed his history book, he became excited when he noticed an entire chapter of the text book was dedicated to the United States Constitution. Like his Uncle Doug, Branden loves history, and has studied extensively the various Founding Fathers, and the Constitutional Convention.

Social Justice, and the Constitution

"The utopian schemes of leveling (re-distribution of the wealth) and a community of goods (socialism scheme of central ownership of production and distribution), are as visionary and impractical as those which vest all property in the crown. These ideas are arbitrary, despotic, and, in our government unconstitutional. Now what property can the colonists be conceived to have, if their money may be granted away by others, without their consent?" -- Samuel Adams, Boston Gazette, April 4, 1768. “The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.” -- Thomas Jefferson

Barack Obama won the election of 2012 with a number of strategies in place, and the one that made the largest impact was his offer of the federal government as the giver of gifts from the treasury, at the expense of the producers in society. In other words, the redistribution of wealth. The liberal left calls this Social Justice. The Founding Fathers called it despotic and unconstitutional. Today's conservatives call it communism.